9 Nov 2012
EIG-Feature

Photo: (Everyone Is Gay)

The Hook Up is a weekly relationship advice column from MTV Act and the It’s Your (Sex) Life campaign, written by the very talented Kristin Russo and Dannielle Owens-Reid.

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22 Oct 2012
d4l

Photo: (Dance 4 Life)

You dance for fun. You dance with your friends. You dance alone in your room to “Call Me Maybe.” (Yeah. I admit it!) But did you know you can dance to save lives?! Dance4life -- an international organization that uses song and dance to empower young people in the fight against AIDS -- is launching Stateside!

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12 Oct 2012
Sarah Silverman

Photo: (ReproductiveRight100/YouTube)

Better watch out: Sarah Silverman is calling in the big guns. Sixteen familiar faces. Angry. Incredulous. Almost-Amused-By-The-Absurdity-Of-It-All. Proactive. Sarah along Kevin Bacon, Amy Poehler, Meryl Streep and many more celebs star in a new PSA insisting we Draw The Line to defend American reproductive rights.

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10 Oct 2012
MTV2 "Guy Code" April Rose

Photo: (MTV2)

Look at her eyes when she’s talking to you! April Rose from MTV2’s “Guy Code” is more than just a sassy blonde whose curvy bod makes me look like a ten-year-old boy in comparison -- she's the spokesperson for LifeLine Response, an app that alerts authorities if a smart-phone user is in need of help.

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5 Oct 2012
Electionista-Feature

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Young people and women are two big voting blocs who can sway the election, and Seventeen magazine combined them together by highlighting dedicated political young women for their 2012 Electionistas in the October issue!

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2 Oct 2012

Photo: (Scott Gries/Picture Group)

The "Teen Mom Farewell Special" will be airing tonight at 10/9c, and along with watching it, you can check out some short vids of Catelynn and Maci talking about their experiences. A lot of us have really gotten to know these girls over the course of the show and realized how difficult young parenthood can be. With the special coming up the girls hope you've learned from their experiences.

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28 Sep 2012
Mccord2-Feature

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Somebody needs to give “90210" star AnnaLynne McCord an award for being amazing. Last weekend she hosted Life Is Love, an event to help the Somaly Mam Foundation, and while she was there she talked about her own experience with assault.

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24 Aug 2012
katy

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We're def pumped about the nominees for this year's Best Video With A Message category at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards -- they're so good some very worthy contenders didn't make the cut. So let's give some love to the activision of Rihanna, Katy Perry, Penguin Prison and M.I.A. for their crusading clips that totally could have battled it out in this category for a cause!

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23 Aug 2012
VMA6-FEATURE

Photo: Rise Against, Lil Wayne, K'NAAN, Demi Lovato, Kelly Clarkson, and Gym Class Heroes' Travie McCoy.

You think you got the 2012 MTV Video Music Award nominees for this year’s Best Video With A Message on lockdown? Aight, let’s test that pro-social swag -- take our quiz on the category that cares!

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14 Aug 2012
GetTested-Feature

Photo: (MTV)

Whether you’re a guy in need of advice or a gal trying to figure out WTF is up with the opposite sex, MTV2’s show “Guy Code” is exactly what you’re looking for.

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